Hlayisani Capital

Hlayisani Capital is a private equity firm based in Fourways, South Africa, with an additional office in Stellenbosch. The firm specializes in investments in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and targets later-stage and growth-stage opportunities. Hlayisani Capital primarily focuses on sectors such as information, communication and technology (ICT) and manufacturing, with particular interest in agritech, edtech, and medtech. The firm aims to acquire significant minority or majority ownership stakes in its investments, concentrating on mid-market, high-growth opportunities in South Africa, while also considering prospects in Sub-Saharan Africa and East African countries.

Nkateko Khoza

Director and Investment Principal

Past deals in SADC

GoMetro

Seed Round in 2022
GoMetro designs, deploys and operates Flexible Mobility Platforms in cities around the world. Our proprietary technology stack empowers city leaders, transport managers, corporates, retail centres, property developers, airports and downtown to introduce bold New Mobility strategies. Our Connected Transport digital platform equips transport planners to respond to the challenges of increased congestion, aged infrastructure, disruptive mobility players, self-driving vehicles and a lack of quality public transport services.

Sticitt

Seed Round in 2022
Sticitt (Pty) Ltd is a South African company based in Somerset West, established in 2014, that specializes in developing a cashless payment processing platform. The company offers Sticitt Terminal, an application enabling merchants to accept tap or scan-to-pay transactions. Sticitt primarily serves the education sector, allowing parents to pay school fees online securely and conveniently. Additionally, the platform caters to lifestyle and golf estates, events, and assists utility companies in facilitating cashless payment solutions for services such as water billing. Through its innovative financial application, Sticitt aims to simplify and enhance the payment experience for both users and merchants.

d6 group

Venture Round in 2021
d6 group provides a one-stop cutting-edge platform where educational institutions can manage all their operations and conduct comprehensive communication between a school, parents and learners.

Snapplify

Venture Round in 2019
Snapplify (Pty) Ltd. is a South African company that specializes in digital publishing solutions for content producers and educational institutions globally. Founded in 2011 and based in Durbanville, it offers a range of services, including a Newsstand for uploading and distributing various digital content, an e-Book Store for bulk e-Book sales, and an e-Learning Content Cloud that provides educational resources for schools and universities. Additionally, Snapplify features an e-Book Reader compatible with various devices, e-Book Aggregation for managing and distributing publisher content, and SnappBox, a hardware solution for accessing e-Books within schools. As one of Africa's largest e-Book aggregators, Snapplify collaborates with prominent publishers and has established a wide distribution network, boasting over 100,000 titles and more than 600 resellers. The company is recognized for its innovative technology, particularly the SnappBox, which has received multiple awards for enhancing e-Book distribution in educational settings.